“He already made me the first joke”, said the surgeon and confirmed that it was a “planned intervention” and “without complications”. “The Pope’s illness is benign, he has no other illnesses,” assured the doctor, still in both whites, speaking to Vatican journalists from around the world.
At the conference, he recounted that the pathology for which the Pope was intervened is “benign, there is no trace like the one from two years ago, he has no other diseases,” and explained “We performed a laparotomy and plastic surgery of the abdominal wall with a prosthesis”
Alfieri was the same doctor who operated on Bergoglio’s colon in 2021 and has vast experience in addition to the 9,000 surgeries he has performed.
“The operation lasted three hours, it involved laparotomy and plastic surgery of the abdominal wall with a prosthesis, and hospitalization for this type of surgery is from five to seven days,” explained the medical media, who said that “the Pope is awake and vigilant , releases tenacious adhesions in the midgut.”
scheduled surgery
“Together with other colleagues, we decided to schedule the surgery,” Alfieri said. The surgeon recalled the presence of tenacious adhesions on the midgut walls that were causing the symptoms. These internal scars and the difficulty in transit were released with plastic surgery and with the help of a prosthetic mesh.
The Holy Father reacted well to waking up from the operation, so it was confirmed that the audiences were canceled until June 18 but not after, which suggests that the Pope’s commitments after the 18th are currently confirmed.
The Pope’s audiences are suspended until June 18, but “everything that happens after that moment continues.” This was stated by the Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, moments ago at the Gemelli hospital and confirmed that the Pope has two international trips on his agenda for the month of August that are still ongoing.
“The Pope will be able to lead a normal life”
“The Pope has not had and does not have any problem with general anesthesia and “he will be able to lead a normal life”. The surgeon Alfieri told Pope Francis himself at the end of the surgery.
Source: Ambito
